The 20 Best Cortical Dysplasia Doctors Near Me in Bronx, NY

Orrin Devinsky is a Neurologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Devinsky is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. He is also highly rated in 31 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Myoclonic Epilepsy, Dravet Syndrome, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Pe’er Dar, MD, is Director of Fetal Medicine and OBGYN Ultrasound at Montefiore and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Dar’s clinical focus is on the care of women who carry babies with disorders and medical conditions that may affect their lives and he leads the Fetal Medicine and Surgery Team at Montefiore. He particularly specializes in diagnosis and management of medical and structural abnormalities in the fetus and in complicated twin and triplet pregnancies. His expertise include performing detailed ultrasound examination of the fetus including fetal echocardiography (scanning of the fetal heart) and fetal neurosonography (scanning of the fetal brain) as well as performing in-utero fetal surgeries such as fetoscopic laser surgery for monochorionic twins with twin to twin transfusion syndrome, in-utero blood transfusion for fetuses with anemia and in-utero drainage and shunt procedures. Dr. Dar is also experienced in performing amniocentesis, chorionic villous sampling (CVS) and multifetal selective reduction for multiple pregnancies.    Dr. Dar completed his Doctor of Medicine from Tel-Aviv University in Tel-Aviv, Israel in 1986. He started his postgraduate education at Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, with a residency in obstetrics and gynecology and a specialty in high-risk pregnancies from 1992 through 1998. He then came to Montefiore-Einstein, completing a two-year fellowship in medical and reproductive genetics. After spending two years as an attending-specialist in the field of prenatal diagnosis he completed in 2005 three-year residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Montefiore-Einstein. In 2007, he completed additional training in fetal surgery in world-known fetal surgery centers in France and Belgium.  Dr. Dar is very active in research and he is currently the principal investigator in many studies including international multicenter studies. His research focus is in fetal medicine and surgery, non-invasive prenatal screening and placenta accreta spectrum. He has shared his work in many peer-reviewed journals, textbook chapters, abstracts and invited presentations. He is also a reviewer for national and international journals including the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Plos one and Prenatal Diagnosis. Dr. Dar is board certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and Clinical Genetics and is a member of several professional societies including the Society of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society and the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has been regularly listed among Castle Connolly Top Doctors for obstetrics and gynecology in the New York Metro area. Dr. Dar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Placenta Previa, Trisomy 18, Trisomy 13, and Chromosome 13q Duplication.

John Amodio, MD, FACR, is Chief, Radiology and Division Lead, Pediatric Radiology at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Professor, Radiology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Amodio has 40 years of experience in pediatric imaging. His particular interest is the use of contrast ultrasound in pediatric imaging. Dr. Amodio is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. He is also highly rated in 16 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Gas Bloat Syndrome, Porencephaly, Schizencephaly, and Tracheobronchopathia Osteoplastica.

The maturation of GABAA receptor-mediated signaling from depolarizing to inhibitory is an age-related process controlled by cation chloride cotransporters, such as KCC2. As a result, GABA exerts dual functions, being an important neurotrophic factor during early development and the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter of the mature central nervous system. In our laboratory we have been investigating the age and mechanisms through which early life stressors and seizures may disrupt the normal patterns of brain development, by disrupting the neurotrophic effects of GABA. We are also studying methods to reverse these adverse processes. Furthermore, we are very interested in understanding how epileptogenesis proceeds in the developing brain and what is the specific role of GABAA receptors in this process. Dr. Galanopoulou is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. She is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses West Syndrome, Spasmus Nutans, Post-Traumatic Epilepsy, and Epilepsy.

Susan Klugman, MD, FACOG, FACMG, is Director, Reproductive and Medical Genetics, Program Director, Medical Genetics and Genomics Residency and Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health and Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus is on the evaluation of patients and families at risk for genetic disorders including those patients at risk for hereditary cancer syndromes. She also provides evaluations during pregnancy or preconception, including prenatal diagnosis and consultation for patients undergoing assisted reproductive technologies. Dr. Klugman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. She is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Mosaicism, Chromosome 13q Duplication, Trisomy 13, and Holoprosencephaly.

Adam Z. Fink, MD, is an attending physician at Montefiore Einstein and Assistant Professor, Emergency Radiology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Fink’s clinical focus is on the radiologic diagnosis of acute conditions with a particular interest in abdominopelvic pathologies. Dr. Fink is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. His clinical expertise encompasses Cortical Dysplasia.

Elissa G. Yozawitz, MD, is Director of Neonatal Neurology at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Yozawitz focuses on the neurological management of children, from the neonatal period through adolescence, particularly those with difficult-to-treat seizures. She also specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, stroke and seizures in the newborn. Dr. Yozawitz’s expertise includes electroencephalography (EEG) and state-of-the-art treatments. Dr. Yozawitz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. She is also highly rated in 12 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses West Syndrome, Epilepsy in Children, Spasmus Nutans, and Epilepsy.

Solomon L. Moshé, MD, is Vice Chair of Neurology, Director of the Isabelle Rapin Child Neurology Division and Director of Clinical Neurophysiology at Montefiore. He is also the Charles Frost Chair in Neurosurgery and Neurology, Vice Chair, Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology, and Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience and Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein). Dr. Moshé’s clinical focus is on epilepsy and electroencephalography with special emphasis on age-related influences on the expression, control and consequences of seizures. Dr. Moshe is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. He is also highly rated in 14 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses West Syndrome, Spasmus Nutans, Post-Traumatic Epilepsy, and Epilepsy.

Catherine Schevon is a Neurologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Schevon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. She is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Partial Seizure, and Absence Seizure. Dr. Schevon is board certified in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology. Dr. Schevon is currently accepting new patients.

Alexander G. Khandji, MD, FACR, is professor of radiology in neurological surgery and neurology, vice-chair for clinical affairs in the department, and associate director of the radiology service at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He was chief resident during his residency here and later completed training in neuroradiology at the Neurological Institute. His special interests include MRI, diagnostic neuroangiography and percutaneous diagnostic and interventional spinal procedures. He is especially interested in developing noninvasive techniques to evaluate vascular lesions of the brain and the spinal cord using MR arterial spin labelling. He also involved with the neuroendocrine unit here at Columbia to evaluate paients with endocrine disorders using MRI as well as venous petrosal sinus sampling. Dr. Khandji is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Stroke, Arachnoiditis, Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG), and Cerebellum Agenesis Hydrocephaly. Dr. Khandji is board certified in Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology. Dr. Khandji is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Ernst Garçon is board certified in diagnostic radiology with subspecialty training in neuroradiology. He is an associate professor of radiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and an attending radiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, he is the associate chair of community outreach for the Department of Radiology. He also teaches and supervises radiology residents and medical students.Dr. Garçon has extensive experience in all aspects of neuroimaging and a clinical focus on non-vascular neurointerventional procedures and neurodegenerative imaging. He is a member of the Radiological Society of North America, American College of Radiology, American Society of Neuroradiology, and the American Society of Spine Radiology.Dr. Garçon's extensive global health work has led to significant improvements for diagnostic imaging in Haiti. In partnership with several global health foundations and organizations, he helped to develop Haiti's first radiology residency program and helped launch the first radiologic technologist program in the country. He has also organized and provided on-site radiology education for physicians and residents at the State University of Haiti Hospital in Port au Prince and has hosted several externships for Haitian residents at Columbia.Dr. Garçon is a co-chair of the Department of Radiology's Diversity Committee, promoting the recruitment and development of minority faculty. His work is focused on inspiring young students with disenfranchised backgrounds who are interested in medicine and wish to pursue a career in radiology. Dr. Garcon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG), Stroke, Cerebellum Agenesis Hydrocephaly, and Radiation Induced Meningioma. Dr. Garcon is board certified in Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology. Dr. Garcon is currently accepting new patients.

Amichai Erdfarb is a Neuroradiologist and a Radiologist practicing medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Erdfarb is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. He is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Radiation Induced Meningioma, Stroke, Meningioma, and Headache.

Alejandro Iglesias, MD is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Inherited Metabolic Program, Program Director of the Medical Genetics Residency program and Attending Physician in the Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. He is a clinical and biochemical geneticist primarily interested in inherited metabolic disorders and neurogenetics and dysmorphology. In his role as Director of the Inherited Metabolic Program he is deeply involved in all aspects related with the diagnosis, management and overall care of patients and families with these disorders. In addition, he is in charge of the education of young physicians and medical students in the field of IMD. As an educator, he is in charge of the medical biochemistry lecture series for the first year medical students at the Physicians & Surgeons Medical School at Columbia University paving the way for a new generations of brilliant medical students at Columbia University. Finally, his involvement with the diagnosis and care of patients with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy has been one of his main accomplishments in the recent years, especially since the introduction of newborn screening in New York State. He has a been involved from the beginning in the development of the program and is active member of the NYS group of metabolic physicians taking care of these patients. In addtion he has been actively involved in all developments asscoiated with newborn screening for Krabbe disease and Pompe disease. Dr. Iglesias is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. He is also highly rated in 12 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hypotonia, Microcephaly, Achalasia Microcephaly Syndrome, and Cortical Dysplasia. Dr. Iglesias is board certified in Pediatrics, Clinical Genetics And Genomics (MD), and Clinical Biochemical Genetics. Dr. Iglesias is currently accepting new patients.

Lakshmi Mehta is a Medical Genetics provider practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Mehta is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. She is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Achalasia Microcephaly Syndrome, Microcephaly, Hypotonia, and Acromicric Dysplasia. Dr. Mehta is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Muhammad Umair is a diagnostic radiologist practicing at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He is an assistant professor of radiology at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and an attending radiologists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Umair specializes in cardiac and vascular imaging and cardiovascular MRI. Dr. Umair’s research is focused on ethical and economic considerations in the implementation of artificial intelligence in radiology, cost-effective use of cardiac MRI, MRI contrast agents including nanoparticle-based contrasts, MRI in vasculature including 4D flow, and parametric mapping and ECV in cardiac MRI and ARVD. Dr. Umair earned his medical degree from King Edward Medical University, followed by a fellowship in interventional radiology and general surgery residency at Johns Hopkins. He subsequently completed a diagnostic radiology residency and certification with early certification in interventional radiology (ESIR) at Northwestern University. He completed a cardiovascular imaging fellowship at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. Dr. Umair is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. He is also highly rated in 18 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Acromesomelic Dysplasia Hunter Thompson Type, Acromesomelic Dysplasia Campailla Martinelli Type, Acromesomelic Dysplasia Maroteaux Type, and Acromesomelic Dysplasia.

I have taken care of patient with seizures and epilepsy for almost 30 years. I have devoted my career to provide superb patient care and to investigate epilepsy and its causes.I am fortunate to work with the smartest people in the field of epilepsy and have been able to organize and lead multiple research projects in epilepsy genetics, outcome, imaging, etc.To help patients with epilepsy, I wrote two books for patients and families. Epilepsy 101: a guide to patients and families and most recently epilepsy surgery: a guide for patients. Dr. Kuzniecky is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. He is also highly rated in 12 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Partial Seizure. Dr. Kuzniecky is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry/Neurology-Neurology.

Dr. Jayaraman graduated magna cum laude with an undergraduate degree in biochemical sciences from Harvard College in 2008. She then joined the Harvard-MIT MD-PhD program, where she received her Ph.D. in Neurobiology from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 2015 and her M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 2017. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital in 2019. Her training in child neurology at Boston Children’s Hospital coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. After completing child neurology residency in 2022, she stayed at Boston Children’s Hospital as a clinical and research neurology fellow, conducting research in the lab of Dr. Alan Beggs on the genetics of inherited muscle disorders, while also seeing patients with neuromuscular disorders in clinic and working as a spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) clinical trial sub-investigator with Dr. Basil T. Darras at Boston Children’s Hospital. Finally, she completed a clinical fellowship in neuromuscular medicine and electromyography (EMG) at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2024. She is a diplomate of the ABPN in Child Neurology.Dr. Jayaraman’s clinical expertise and practice focuses on neuromuscular disorders of infancy, childhood and adolescence, including Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, myasthenia gravis, inherited and acquired myopathies and neuropathies, as well as general pediatric neurology. Dr. Jayaraman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. She is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Rigid Spine Syndrome, Schizencephaly, Microcephaly, and Achalasia Microcephaly Syndrome. Dr. Jayaraman is currently accepting new patients.

"Tristan T. Sands, MD, PhD is Assistant Professor in the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons (Columbia VP&S) Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics. He is a pediatric neurologist who treats children and babies suffering from epilepsy and a physician scientist with expertise in genetic causes of epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disease. Dr. Sands completed his MD-PhD at Columbia VP&S through a Medical Scientist Training Program with thesis work in lab of Dr. Arnold Kriegstein. During child neurology residency at UCSF, Dr. Sands trained in electroclinical phenotyping of the epilepsies under Dr. M. Roberta Cilio. After finishing his clinical training at Columbia VP&S in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology with Dr. Jim Riviello, Dr. Sands joined Columbia VP&S as faculty in 2017, first training in neurogenetics at the Institute for Genomic Medicine, and then returning to the bench to study genetic epilepsy using mouse models under the mentorship of Dr. Wayne Frankel. Dr. Sands has worked closely with families to treat hundreds of children with epilepsy. He is the author of chapters on pediatric epilepsy and genetic epilepsy in major textbooks in the field of neurology, including Merritt’s Neurology and Swaiman’s Pediatric Neurology. Dr. Sands has served as an expert on ClinGen’s epilepsy gene curation panel since 2017. In 2023, Dr. Sands was named Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society in recognition of professional accomplishment and dedication in the field of epilepsy. Dr. Sands is a 2024 Louis V. Gerstner Scholar. His research contributions include demonstration of the exquisite efficacy of carbamazepine for neonatal epilepsy caused by inherited loss-of-function variants in KCNQ2 and KCNQ3, work that led to changes to the International League against Epilepsy guidelines and recommendations on the treatment of seizures in newborn babies. Dr. Sands reported the electroclinical characterization of a new gain-of-function phenotype caused by de novo variants in KCNQ3. Dr. Sands reported variants in NBEA as a cause epilepsy and neurodevelopment, and he characterized the largest cohort of patients with epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disability caused by pathogenic variants in CSNK2B. The Sands ""END (Epilepsy & Neurodevelopmental Disease) Laboratory,"" established in 2022 in the Center for Translational Research in Neurodevelopmental Disease (CTRND), uses mouse and human cellular models to identify convergent disease mechanisms and novel therapeutic strategies for epilepsy and encephalopathy caused by rare genetic mutations. These research efforts are supported by federal grants from both NIH and private agencies.". Dr. Sands is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy in Children, Epilepsy, Seizures, and Status Epilepticus. Dr. Sands is board certified in Neurology With Special Qualification In Child Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Epilepsy. Dr. Sands is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. McBrian is an Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Division of Child Neurology.Dr. McBrian grew up in New Jersey where she graduated with honors from Rutgers College, in New Brunswick. Subsequently she attended medical school at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University graduating in 2002. She completed a pediatric residency at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in 2004 at which time she returned to Columbia University to complete fellowships in Child Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology. She is a diplomate of the ABPN in child neurology.Dr. McBrian has a special interest in the treatment of epileptic encephalopathies of infancy and childhood, intractable epilepsy amenable to epilepsy surgery, and use of dietary therapy to manage intractable epilepsy. Dr. Mcbrian is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. She is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Dr. Mcbrian is board certified in Neurology With Special Qualification In Child Neurology and Child Neurology. Dr. Mcbrian is currently accepting new patients.

Jennifer Bain, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Bain completed both an MD and PhD, as well as general pediatrics residency at Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School in New Jersey. She then trained in Child Neurology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City and is a board-certified neurologist with special certification in Child Neurology seeing both inpatient and outpatient pediatric neurology patients. Her clinic focuses on diagnosis and management of autism, cerebral palsy and neurodevelopmental disorders in addition to genetic disorders associated with such conditions.Her early research career focused on spinal cord and brain development after injuries such as spinal cord injury and perinatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. During her residency training, her clinical research focused on studying autonomic dysfunction in children with autism spectrum disorders and neurological complications during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. She currently works as a physician scientist at Columbia University specializing in general pediatric neurology with expertise in development, behavioral neurology, autism and cerebral palsy. Her clinical research has focused on studying the genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders including autism and cerebral palsy. The genes she has worked closely on include HNRNPH2 and related disorders, GRIN disorders, KIF1A. She is interested in understanding clinically meaningful measures in families affected by neurodevelopmental disorders and measuring longitudinal trajectories in such disorders. She has been working closely with several patient advocacy groups, researchers, and Simons Searchlight to continuously move forward in the understanding of the developing and aging brain. Dr. Bain is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. She is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses HNRNPH2-Related Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, and Cerebral Palsy. Dr. Bain is board certified in Neurology With Special Qualification In Child Neurology. Dr. Bain is currently accepting new patients.